MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Just hours after Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said that the Marcos Administration plans to privatize the Ninoy Aquino International Airpot (NAIA), two of the Philippines’ largest corporations — San Miguel Corporation and SM Corporation — submitted bids to operate and manage the Philippines’ premier international airport.
Bautista said, however, that the assets of the airport will remain with the government. Only the operation and maintenance will be privatized.
Naming rights are not considered an asset so both companies’ bids include renaming NAIA to their respective corporate names.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines is known to be a haven for citizens needing special and speedy assistance when it comes to public services — senior citizens, persons with disability and pregnant women. Priority lanes are set up at taxi lanes, supermarkets, crosswalks, banks, government offices and more.
Now, government offices have expanded their priority lanes to be of better service to the needy and deserving.
Priority lanes in many government sites have now included persons with low IQ, a move that human rights activists are praising.
You don’t have to have low IQ. You just need to look like it.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Kudos to government agencies that easily give in to demands by interest groups by bending their own rules and policies.
Case in point: The Department of Transportation has announced that traditional jeepneys may continue plying their routes until 2028 “as long as they are road-worthy.”
Traditional, dilapidated jeepneys were supposed to be phased out this year to give way for more modern and efficient public transport units. Some operators and jeepney drivers oppose the program.
Many however are questioning the announcement by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista by asking “road-worthy is worth how much?”
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